Completed Anime
The Beast Player Erin

“Erin, a village girl, loses her mother and home, seeking truth amid rising war-lizard tensions between two provinces.”

The Beast Player Erin

8.3
314 rank · 94,097 viewers · 1,533 favorites
Drama Fantasy
50 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Winter 2009 · Production I.G · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Erin, a village girl, loses her mother and home, seeking truth amid rising war-lizard tensions between two provinces.

In the land of Ryoza, the neighboring provinces of Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou have been at peace. Queen Shinou is the ruler of Ryoza and her greatest general, Grand Duke Taikou, defends the kingdom with his army of powerful war-lizards known as the "Touda." Although the two regions have enjoyed a long-standing alliance, mounting tensions threaten to spark a fierce civil war. Within Ake, a village in Tai-Kou tasked with raising the Grand Duke's army, lives Erin, a bright girl who spends her days watching the work of her mother Soyon, the village's head Touda doctor. But while under Soyon's care, a disastrous incident befalls the Grand Duke's strongest Touda, and the peace that Erin and her mother had been enjoying vanishes as Soyon is punished severely. In a desperate attempt to save her mother, Erin ends up falling in a river and is swept towards Shin-Ou. Unable to return home, Erin must learn to lead a new life with completely different people, all while hunting for the truth of both beasts and humanity itself, with tensions between the two regions constantly escalating.

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8.6 /10

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98% recommend
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median 9 mode 10 σ 1.57
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6.0 pts

Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.0

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A Tv Production · Winter 2009

Production I.G.
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NHK

  • Format 50 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 20h 00m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 Winter 2009
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-4118 catalog

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